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A report of the 33rd Northeast Regional Stock Assessment Workshop. The 2001 Assessment of the Gulf of Maine Atlantic Cod Stock
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Description:The status of the Gulf of Maine cod (Gadus morhua) stock is reviewed, and terminal year VPA estimates of 2000 fishing mortality and spawning stock biomass and the survivors in 2001 are presented. Precision estimates of the 2000 fishing mortality and spawning stock biomass estimates for Gulf of Maine cod are also provided. Short-term projections of 2002 catches and resulting 2003 spawning stock biomass at various levels of 2002 fishing mortality are also given. Long-term (25-yr) projections were conducted to evaluate relative trajectories of stock biomass and catch under various fishing mortality scenarios, and an age-structured production model was applied to estimate MSY-based reference points. The 2001 assessment is based on several sources of information including: the age composition of USA commercial and recreational landings, commercial fishing vessel trip reports (VTR), Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) sea sample data, MRFSS estimates of recreational harvest, NEFSC and Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) spring and autumn research vessel survey data, and standardized USA commercial fishing effort data. This assessment updates the analyses presented in the 1998 assessment of the Gulf of Maine cod stock (NEFSC 1998, Mayo et al. 1998) as well as those prepared in 1999 and 2000 by the Northern Demersal Working Group (NEFSC 2000, 2001).
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Content Notes:by Ralph K. Mayo, Eric M. Thunberg, Susan E. Wigley, and Steven X. Cadrin
"March 2002."
"Web version posted March 25, 2002."
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Includes bibliographical references (page 24-28).
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